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Almightie
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Proper noun
the Almightie
en Almighty.
1586, “The Proteſtation of Mr. Andrew Hunter, againſt the abſolving the Biſhop of St. Andrews, without Repentance”, reprinted as addendum A in Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717) by Daniel Defoe, page 196:
I therefore for my Part, and the Name of all the other Brethren and true Chriſtians, who will be participant with me, take God to Record of the Dealing of that provincial Aſſemblie, and this Aſſemblie General; proteſting alſo before the Almightie, his holy Angels, and Saints here convened, that I have no Aſſurance in God’s Word to my Conſcience, to aſſent, allow or approve this his Abſolviture: And therefore until the Time I perceive his Converſion to be true and effectual, I cannot but hold him as one juſtly delivered to Satan, notwithſtanding of the ſaid Abſolvitur.
even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne 4 1
en Hen[ry] Arth[ington] Prouision for the Poore, Now in Penurie. Out of the Store-House of Gods Plentie:Which They Shall Be Sure to Find in All Places, That Are Indued with His Graces, to Thinke Seriously on This Sentence Following. Psal. 41. 1. Blessed is he that considereth of the poore, the Lord will deliuer him in the time of trouble. Explaned by H. A. London Printed by Thomas Creede 1597 To redreſſe which default (the poore in all places beeing in penurie) I haue vndertaken to be their Solicitour, vnto all manner of perſons, which ought in equitie either to ſupply them, or to prouide that ſuch as make default (being well able) may bee compelled thereunto by further authoritie front the Almightie, if this gentle motion in the words precedent will not preuaile, which heere I will repeate and explane vnto them, (by Gods aſſiſtance)